Pocket memorandum-book.



PATENTED FEB. '7, 1905.

H. W. HEGELE. POCKET MEMORANDUM BOOK.

APPLICATION FILED MAR.14,1904.

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UNITED STATES Patented February 7, 1905.

HERBERT 1V. HEGELE, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

POCKET MEMORANDUM-BOOK.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 781,948, dated February'7, 1905.

Application filed March 14, 1904. Serial No. 197,908.

To /r.// u-imnt if Ill/(by concern:

Beit known that I, H ERBERT 1V. HnonLn, a citizen of the United States,residing at Chicago. in the county of Cook and State of lllinois. haveinvented acertain new and useful Improvement in PocketMemoranduni-Books, of which the following is afull, clear, concise, andexact description, reference being had to the accom pauying drawings,forming a part of this specification.

Hy invention relates to pocket memorandum-bo(, ks; and its principalobject is to provide a simple, inexpensive, and convenient form ofpocket memorandum-book and one which is especially adapted to containand carry a memorandum-pad.

' In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a view of a pocketmemorandum-book embodying my invention in an open condition. Fig. is alongitudinal section of the same. Fig. 3 is a cross-section, and Fig. 4is a view of a detail of construction.

The book which I have shown in the drawings for carrying out myinvention comprises a cover conveniently consisting of two sides 1 and2, a connecting portion or back 3, and a flap 1- at the end of the coversection or side 2. The cover can be made of any suitable material. butis preferably made of leather, so that it is reasonably flexible andsoft and the parts 23 and 1 can be readily bent as required.

The side 1 is made with two pockets or receptacles 5 and 6, which areconveniently formed by making said side 1 of two plies or layers T and 8and interposing a strip 9 between the same and securing one of its endsto the ply 7 and the other to the ply 8, as well shown in Fig. 2. In asimilar manner the side made with two pockets 10 and 11, formed bymaking said side of two plies 12 and 13 and securing a strip 14 betweenthe same, with one end attached to the ply 12and the other to the ply13. The receptacles or pockets 6 and 10 open toward the inner end of thesides 1 and 2, and the pockets 5 and 11 open at the outer ends thereof.

A inemorandtun-book 15 is attached to the side 1, the cover 16 thereofbeing inserted into the pocket 6, so that the book is held thereby.

An elastic band 17 is placed about the book 15 and cover side 1, so asto hold the end of the former in place. This band is attached by meansof a clip 18, having asniall opening 19, so that while the clip(n-dimn'ily holds the elastic in position and permits it to be moved torelease the pages of the book 15 at the same time the elastic can bewithdrawn from the clip 18 by stretching it sufliciently to allow it tobe moved out through the opening 19 to replace it with another band, ifdesired.

The side 1 is provided with a band 20, and a pencil 21 is insertedtherein. This band is so located as to cause the pencil when insertedtherein to abut against the book 15, thereby holding or locking saidbook in posit-ion.

The ply 12 of the side 2 is desirably made of celluloid, as shown inFig. 1, so that it is transparent, thereby permitting any object whichis placed in the pocket 11 to be easily visible while so inserted.

The flap 1 and the side 1 are provided with cooperating members 22 and23 of a clasp device, by which the memoranduni-book can be held securelyclosed.

The niemoranduni-hook is especially well adapted for use by physicians,in which case different desired data such as calls, prescriptions,Ineniorauda, &c.' are entered on the different pages of the pad 15 byusing the pencil :21. The different pages of this pad can be lillcd insuccession, after which it can be removed by witlulrawing the pencil andthen the cover 16 from the pocket 6, and a new pad can be put in itsplace. The pad 15 can of course be of any suitable or desiredconstruction and can be provided with carbonpaper or the like, ifdesired. The pocket 11 is particularly serviceable for a card bearingdifferent facts, figures, and data especially useful to physicians, inwhich also such card can beinserted in said pocket and can beconveniently referred to by the physician while he has hismemorandinn-book outwithoutoccasioning the notice of the patient. Theother pockets of the device can be employed in various Ways, as desired.

It Will be seen that the device is particularly useful and advantageousand at the same time can be made at low expense. It can be used, ofcourse, for various other purposes aside from physicians pocket-bookwith equal facility.

Changes and modifications can be made in With a pocket, a memorandum-padhaving a cover fitted into said pocket, an elastic band arranged aroundsaid cover side and said pad, a clip 18 having an opening 19 for holdingthe band in place, and a pencil-holder secured to the pocket-book coveropposite and close to the opening of said pocket, substantially asdescribed.

3. A pocket-book comprising a cover having its opposite sides eachprovided With two pockets, whereof those on each side open at oppositeends of said side, the Walls of one of said sides being composed oftransparent material, in combination With a memorandumpad having a coverfitted into one of the pockets of the other side, an elastic bandholding said cover and pad together, a clip 18 having an opening 19holding the band in .place, and a pencil-holder secured to the coveropposite and close to the opening of the pocket in Which the cover ofthe memorandum-pad is inserted, substantially as described.

4:. A pocket-book having one side of its cover provided With an innerlayer or ply adapted to form a pocket on said cover, said inner layer orply having a cut-away portion Which is covered by a layer of transparentmaterial, substantially as described.

In Witness whereof I hereunto subscribe my name this 25th day ofFebruary, A. D. 1904.

HERBERT l/V. HEGELE.

WVitnesses:

A. MILLER BELFIELD, l. C. LEE.

